Show PERSONAL OPINION by elwyn blake v LIFE often have we heard the saying life is wha you make it until recently we did not give much thought to tile the actual weaning meaning of the words As I 1 sit here at my typewriter this morning however searching for a new idea for my cou column nn I 1 seen 0 M o see a life pattern forming th shape is not perhaps of my cloos anoos ing but none the less of my making each small act of my past life has a place in the pattern acts which cost me something of a struggle to i do 0 16 o on an easier and less honorable alternative seemed seamed always to surely hall had a great deal to do with TO dc good fortune in passing deemin seemingly ly insurmountable difficulties alte acts chii which h were done dona with the still small voice cf conscience prost have had something to do with my failure to receive what I 1 considered my just due at a later date all bo however wever are laid over the framework frame of experience and tile the ma ferial erial used will surely bk be reflected in the completed structure considering this how bow fervently we should give thanks for the ex istance of a creator who tempers justice with iab mercy and forgiveness like a rose bud clipped before fu ful 1 l bloom is the passing of a young life from ais eaith 0 well the league of nations lias has proven itself to be about as effective I 1 in in dealing with a grave vaar situation as is the home grocery store club concern nig the same situation and now with the menace of league reg rnea measures a minus minus quantity I 1 I 1 we may look for germany and other aggressively inclined nations to to follow the path marked by italy and gobble abble up some of her choice neighbors all in the name of necessary expansion or pro progress ress of civilize civi civilization liza tian tn in spite of the methods usel some good may eventually result although we hate to admit it once again the time approaches for the annual pioneer day rodeo at monticello this event offers an opportunity for nei neighboring boorin bb orin towns to view some real western sports and at the same time get away from the heat of the lower countries for a few days A vacation in cur cool summer u n mer climax is as good ns r a tonic and will pay in renewed vig vigor or of body and mind Al monticello welcomes with cordial friendliness all who wish to be our guests you are invited to come and relax for a few days cays and enjoy with us our annual western rodeo and race meet its too bad when we have to celebrate a memorial occasion in such a manner that more than a hundred people mostly children are killed and countless scores injured such is the base case each year when we hold our fourth of july celebration in lie he united states A few years ago there was a serious ef effort fort in some I 1 quarters to curtail the use of dangerous gerc us fire crackers brackers in our F fourth of july celebia ce celebration lebra ion tile the movement 1 to have died out however and much suffering and many deaths are the abe result the number of deaths this year however is s said to be less than last year fear of tile the future seems to us to be a sign of lack of cf faith in a jus creator as well as of moral cowardice circumstances Circum can however become so grave that the stron strongest irest may quail at the thou thought plit of what is to come A serene fai 1 ti I 1 in in almighty god and an unswervingly constant adherence to high ideals in our daily contacts cannot lead us into any difficulties 0 the writer of this column is a firm believer in the progress of science and ilie ac ultimate triumph of science over the ills and hardships of the human lace radio alone has taken great strides in the eradication of crime while medical science has advanced so far that many dis eases once considered fatal have now become merely an infrequent annoy ance indications ire arc thab the dread cancer is about to be conquered rod rad lo io motor vehicles serums and anti toxins who would po go back to the unscientific days of the past while he ale heavier taxpayers the economic experts and political opponents decry the vast expenditure of money for federal projects it cwi be remembered that every dollar span n in in lasting improvements of roads fo new homes and for other works of if public benefit is spent for the advancement van cement of our country as a yon brool place in which to to live the cost ellav seem axce excessive sive in in a brei inana n 1 stance due to unavoidable for or othni wi I 1 expanse this the re result alt h 11 hwei wei iu great caride forward travel mav braden bif aalen on mi expert ppe ence but it certainly lias has a tendency to flatten ones purse |